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This heart-warming picture book, richly illustrated by the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Catherine Rayner, is perfect for young children who love stories about magical creatures and adventures with gentle life lessons.
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See moreMeet two cheeky little unicorns in a big rush to grow up, in this beautiful picture book from the award-winning Catherine Rayner.
Meet two cheeky little unicorns in a big rush to grow up, in this beautiful picture book from the award-winning Catherine Rayner.
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Mini and Hardly and the Big Adventure by Catherine Rayner features Mini, who is small, and Hardly, who is even smaller. Neither of them is happy about their size. This gorgeously illustrated, heart-warming picture book about unicorns comes from the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning author, Catherine Rayner.
Mini and Hardly are tired of being small. They long to be grown-up, imagining the freedom to eat what they want, staying up all night, and going on adventures.
So, why wait? But it's not long before the two little unicorns find themselves on an adventure a little bigger than they'd bargained for.
Perhaps being small isn't so bad after all. It makes you perfect for the BIGGEST cuddles.
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ISBN: 9781509804238
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 June 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Catherine Rayner
- Illustrated by Catherine Rayner
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 3.0mm
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 280.0mm
Weight: 196g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Catherine Rayner studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. She fell in love with the city and still lives there with her young family and a small menagerie of creatures including Shannon the horse, Ena the cat and a goldfish called Richard, all of whom inspire her work. Catherine won the Best New Illustrator Award at the Booktrust Early Years Awards for Augustus and His Smile and has been awarded the prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Catherine's other titles for Macmillan include the critically acclaimed Solomon Crocodile and the award-winning Smelly Louie.
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